Baby carriage protector



. 24, c ROHAN BABY CARRIAGE PROTECTOR Filed Jan. 29, 1935 Patented Dec.24, 1935 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to infants carriages, cribs or the like andparticularly to a sanitary and ornamental attachment designed to protectthe bodies of such devices and to provide against injury to the infantduring his occupancy of the carriage or crib. Since the invention wasprimarily designed for use in connection with baby carriages, in thefurther reference to the invention it will be described as associatedwith a baby carriage, it being understood, however, that it is ofutility in cribs, bassinets, and the like.

It is an object of the invention to provide a lining for a baby carriageassociated with a mattress or pad casing, the latter of which iswaterproof so that it can be readily cleaned without deterioration orwithout affecting the cushion or mattress contained therein.

The advantageous qualities of the invention may be summarized as, beingreadily removable, as being sanitary and easily kept clean, as beingdecorative in character as well as practical in effect, as a protectorfor the carriage material, and as eliminating the use of pads andobviating the wetting of pillows or mattresses.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device having theforegoing advantages which can be expeditiously applied to or removedfrom the carriage and held in place without the use of buttons, clamps,hooks, nails or materials which would constitute a danger for an infant.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a carriage liningwhich can be expeditiously manipulated for applying or removing a pad ormattress and for inserting or removing a pillow after the protector hasbeen secured in place. With the foregoing and other objects in view, theinvention consists in the details of construction, and in thearrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichFigurel illustrates a perspective View of a baby carriage body with adevice embodying the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view thereof; and

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of the body with afragment of a device embodying the invention applied thereto.

In the drawing 5 denotes the body of a baby carriage having a protectorapplied thereto, the

of the body comprises an ornamental lining 8 extending from the mattresscover and of such depth as to overlie the inner surfaces of the body andpreferably extending over the top edge and terminating a suitabledistance on the outer side of the body. The inner edge of the materialforming the protector is secured to the mattress cover along its end andtwo of its sides, whereas an opening 9 is formed in the protectorpreferably at the head end thereof, the said opening being closed by aflap and apron l0 whose lower or inner edge is secured to the end of themattress above the fastening l. The protector at the upper edge of theopening 9 is preferably provided with a reenforcement or binding II towhich there are attached members such as l2 of snap fastenings whereasthe upper edge of the flap is also reenforced or bound as at 13 and isprovided with coacting snap fastening elements or members 14 adapted tobe attached to those that are located at the upper edge of the openingof the protector.

By reason of the provision of the apron, the head. end of the protectoris displaceable for the insertion or removal of a pillow and also to:permit access to the fastening of the cover 6 in order that the pad ormattress may be removed or inserted through the opening of the protectorat the head as described.

It is shown in the drawing that that portion of the'protector whichoverlies the edge of the body is gathered or shirred and made ornamentalin character and the edge is provided with-an elastic band l5 of suchsize as to embrace the outer surface of the carriage body near the upperedge thereof and by this means the protector is held in place thoughreadily removable by means which obviates the use of unsightly clamps ordevices which might injure the occupant of the carriage. If properfabrics are used in the protector, it will enhance the appearance of theensemble, beside having .the utilitarian feature to which reference hasbeen made.

In the specification, the terms pad or mattress case or cover andprotector have been alternately used as designating the element 6. Inthe appended claims, this element will be referred to as a mattressprotector, which term is intended to comprehend any of the foregoingdesignations.

I claim:

1. In a protector for a baby carriage body, a water-proof bedding casingopen at one end, means for holding the end closed, a protector havingits inner edge secured to the casing except atthe head portion thereofand extending over the inner surface of the baby carriage and overlyingthe edge thereof, the said protector be-' brace the body of thecarriage, the head end of the said protector having an opening, an apronhaving its inner edge secured to the casing above the fastening closingthe casing and. adapted to close the opening in the protector, and meansfor fastening the upper edge of the apron to the protector for closingsaid opening.

2. In an attachment for baby carriages, a Water-proof mattressprotector, an ornamental carriage-body lining having its inner edgessecured to the mattress protector and adapted to overlie the side of thecarriage body and the top edge thereof, the said lining having anopening at the head portion thereof, an apron having its inner edgesecured to the said mattress protector, fastenings by which the apron issecured to the lining to close the opening in the lining, and an elasticband secured to the 1in-, ing at the outer edge thereof and operative toembrace the carriage body to retain the lining in place.

3. In an attachment for baby carriages, a mattress protector consistingof a casing into which a mattress or pad may be inserted, said protectorbeing open at one end, means for holding the for frictionally retainingthe lining in place, said close the said opening, and means for holdingi the apron closed.

CELESTINE ROHAN.

